'Biggest steel maker takes the lead for industry'
The Age,
16 May, 2007
Blue Scope Steel's Hastings plant has joined together with the Bracks Government and South East Water in a $21.5 million venture to use recycled water during manufacture.
The project that is planed to be completed in 2009 will save 660 million litres of fresh water a year, equivalent to the usage of 3000 homes.
At the moment heavy industry uses 15% of the water consumed in Victoria, this could be reduced to 7%, but only if the rest of the industry follows suit, resulting in a reduction in fresh water usage of 60% of what they currently use.
Recycling water frees up water for households, reduces the waste that flows out into the bay and reduces the pressure on water suppliers. Theses are all good things in this time of water restrictions, lets hope that other companies take the initiative to invest in energy and water conservation.
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